I found the code in OMPI that is dropping the quoting. Specifically: it *is* OMPI that is dropping your quoting / splitting "foo bar" into 2 arguments when re-execing totalview.
Let me see if I can gin up a patch... On Jan 27, 2011, at 7:42 AM, Ralph Castain wrote: > The problem is that mpirun regenerates itself to exec a command of "totalview > mpirun ....", and the quotes are lost in the process. > > Just start your debugged job with "totalview mpirun ..." and it should work > fine. > > On Jan 27, 2011, at 3:00 AM, Gabriele Fatigati wrote: > >> The problem is how mpirun scan input parameters when Totalview is invoked. >> >> There is some wrong behaviour in the middle :( >> >> 2011/1/27 Reuti <re...@staff.uni-marburg.de> >> Am 27.01.2011 um 10:32 schrieb Gabriele Fatigati: >> >> > Mm, >> > >> > doing as you suggest the output is: >> > >> > a >> > b >> > "c >> > d" >> >> Whoa - your applications without the debugger is running fine - so I don't >> think that it's a problem with `mpirun` per se. >> >> The same happens with single quotes inside double quotes? >> >> -- Reuti >> >> >> > and not: >> > >> > a >> > b >> > "c d" >> > >> > 2011/1/27 Reuti <re...@staff.uni-marburg.de> >> > Hi, >> > >> > Am 27.01.2011 um 09:48 schrieb Gabriele Fatigati: >> > >> > > Dear OpenMPI users and developers, >> > > >> > > i'm using OpenMPI 1.4.3 and Intel compiler. My simple application >> > > require 3 line arguments to work. If i use the follow command: >> > > >> > > mpirun -np 2 ./a.out a b "c d" >> > > >> > > It works well. >> > > >> > > Debugging my application with Totalview: >> > > >> > > mpirun -np 2 --debug ./a.out a b "c d" >> > > >> > > Argument parsing doesn't work well. Arguments passed are: >> > > >> > > a b c d >> > >> > this double expansion can happen with certain wrappers (also with queuing >> > system this happens sometimes). What you can try is: >> > >> > $ mpirun -np 2 --debug ./a.out a b "'c d'" >> > >> > $ mpirun -np 2 --debug ./a.out a b "\"c d\"" >> > >> > -- Reuti >> > >> > >> > > and not >> > > >> > > a b "c d" >> > > >> > > I think there is an issue in parsing the arguments invoking Totalview. >> > > Is this a bug into mpirun or i need to do it in other way? >> > > >> > > Thanks in forward. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Ing. Gabriele Fatigati >> > > >> > > Parallel programmer >> > > >> > > CINECA Systems & Tecnologies Department >> > > >> > > Supercomputing Group >> > > >> > > Via Magnanelli 6/3, Casalecchio di Reno (BO) Italy >> > > >> > > www.cineca.it Tel: +39 051 6171722 >> > > >> > > g.fatigati [AT] cineca.it >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > users mailing list >> > > us...@open-mpi.org >> > > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > users mailing list >> > us...@open-mpi.org >> > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Ing. Gabriele Fatigati >> > >> > Parallel programmer >> > >> > CINECA Systems & Tecnologies Department >> > >> > Supercomputing Group >> > >> > Via Magnanelli 6/3, Casalecchio di Reno (BO) Italy >> > >> > www.cineca.it Tel: +39 051 6171722 >> > >> > g.fatigati [AT] cineca.it >> > _______________________________________________ >> > users mailing list >> > us...@open-mpi.org >> > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> us...@open-mpi.org >> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Ing. Gabriele Fatigati >> >> Parallel programmer >> >> CINECA Systems & Tecnologies Department >> >> Supercomputing Group >> >> Via Magnanelli 6/3, Casalecchio di Reno (BO) Italy >> >> www.cineca.it Tel: +39 051 6171722 >> >> g.fatigati [AT] cineca.it >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> us...@open-mpi.org >> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users -- Jeff Squyres jsquy...@cisco.com For corporate legal information go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/
